[HTML][HTML] Applied phylogeography of Cyclopia intermedia (Fabaceae) highlights the need for 'duty of care'when cultivating honeybush

NC Galuszynski, AJ Potts - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Background The current cultivation and plant breeding of Honeybush tea (produced from
members of Cyclopia Vent.) do not consider the genetic diversity nor structuring of wild …

Unidirectional Introgression and Evidence of Hybrid Superiority over Parental Populations in Eastern Iranian Plateau Population of Hares (Mammalia: Lepus …

Z Mohammadi, M Aliabadian, F Ghorbani… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2020 - Springer
Hares from Iran can be divided into three morphological groups, with Lepus europaeus
inhabiting the western parts of Iran. Hares from lowland areas along the southeastern corner …

Occurrence of apomictic conspecifics and ecological preferences rather than colonization history govern the geographic distribution of sexual Potentilla puberula

FD Nardi, K Hülber, D Moser… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The geographic distribution of sexual‐apomictic taxa (ie, comprising individuals usually
reproducing either sexually or asexually via seeds) is traditionally thought to be driven by …

Genetic patterns and changes in availability of suitable habitat support a colonisation history of a North American perennial plant

L De la Rosa‐Conroy, J Gasca‐Pineda… - Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climatic fluctuations during the Pleistocene influenced the geographical distribution of plant
species across the southern region of California. Following an integrative approach, we …

Genetic population structure of the toxigenic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella in the Patagonian Fjords System, southern Chile

J Paredes-Mella, D Varela - Revista de biología marina y oceanografía, 2020 - rhv.uv.cl
Alexandrium catenella is the main species that form harmful algae blooms (HABs) in
southern Chile. Since its first record in 1972 in the Magallanes region this species …

Comparative phylogeography of Antarctic seaweeds: genetic consequences of historical climatic variations

ML Guillemin, C González-Wevar, L Cárdenas… - … and Ecosystem Services, 2020 - Springer
Abstract In the Southern Ocean, rapid climatic fluctuations during the Quaternary are thought
to have induced range contractions and bottlenecks, which drastically impacted marine …

Polygenic adaptation of rosette growth variation in Arabidopsis thaliana

B Wieters, KA Steige, F He, EM Koch… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The rate at which plants grow is a major functional trait in plant ecology. However, little is
known about its evolution in natural populations. Here, we investigate evolutionary and …

Influence of Paleolithic range contraction, admixture and long‐distance dispersal on genetic gradients of modern humans in Asia

C Branco, N Ray, M Currat, M Arenas - Molecular ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cavalli‐Sforza and coauthors originally explored the genetic variation of modern humans
throughout the world and observed an overall east‐west genetic gradient in Asia. However …

[PDF][PDF] Population genetics and sociality in the Sungazer (Smaug giganteus)

S Parusnath - 2020 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
Establishing links between the evolution and ecology of a species is one of the central facets
of organismal biology. Quantifying the past and present flow of genetic material between …

Demography and molecular ecology of the solitary halictid Lasioglossum zonulum: with observations on Lasioglossum leucozonium

A Proulx - 2020 - dr.library.brocku.ca
Halictid bees are excellent models for questions of both evolutionary biology and molecular
ecology. While the majority of Halictid species are solitary and many are native to North …